Toilet-paper holder



(No Model.)

J. LUCAS.

TOILET PAPER HOLDER.

Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

BURANAM PHOTOUTKO WASIHNGTONJILCv Nrrnn STATES PATENT} ()FFICE.

J QNATHAN LUCAS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

TOILET-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,260, dated October22, 1895.

Application filed June 13, 1895. Serial No. 552,692. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Beitknown that I, JONATHAN LUCAS, a resident of Charleston, in thecounty of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented certainnew and usefnllmprovements in Toilet-Paper Holders; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to animprovement in toilet-paper holders, theobject being to provide a substantial and inexpensive holder for apackage of toilet-paper which will supply the paper easily andeconomically and which may be readily replenished as occasion requires;and it consists in a metal case composed of two parts detachablyconnected together and adapted to hold a supply of toiletpaper betweenthem, and provided with an inclining bottom adapted to support the paperand feed it forward as fast as consumption takes place.

It further consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation ofmy improved toilet-paper holder. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the backplate in elevation. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section, and Fig. 4 isa horizontal section. Fig. 5 is a modification.

A represents a fiat back plate, preferably cast of metal, with slots 1 1therein to render it as light as possible. The side and bottom edges areprovided with flanges 2 2 and 3, respectively, and holes 4 4 are formedin the plate to receive screws or nails 5 5, whereby to fasten the platein place against the wall or other support to which the holder is to beattached.

Bis the removable front of the holder, comprising in the main aface-plate 6, sides 7 7, bottom 8, and top 9. The sides 7 7 have theoutwardly-extending flanges 10 10, adapted to slide into the groovesformed by the flanges 2 2 on the side edges of the back plate, thebottom flange 3 forming a stop upon which the removable front B rests.The bottom 8, which inclines forward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, is soformed as a means of causing the which reaches nearly across the faceplate, ,1 ust enough of the plate being left at the corners 13 13 tohold the paper in, and through this opening the paper is removed. Thebottom 8 is also preferably provided with an opening 14 to receive afinger to facilitate the ready removal of the paper from the holder. Thetop 9 may be furnished with an overlapping flange 16, adapted to coverthe upper edge of back plate A and give a finished appearance to theholder.

The holder thus constructed may be variously finished or ornamented, andin practice a package of paper such as is disclosed in Letters PatentNo. 537,613, granted to me April 16, 1895, is placed in the holder, theholder being especially constructed and adapted for I this purpose. Toplace a package in the holder it is simply necessary to slide the frontup and place a package therein and then slide it back into place, and,if desired, some means may be provided for locking the frontin place.When thus adjusted, the sheets of paper may be removed as fast asrequired for use, they feeding forward as fast as the sheets in frontare consumed to fill their place.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the front opening is made a trifiesmaller and slits are left at 17 17 for the withdrawal of the paper.

It is evident'that slight changes might be resorted to in the form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing Patent, is

1. In a paper holder the combination with a-pair of guides, and a stop,of a front the edges of which slide in the guides, a bottom at the lowerend sloping all the way from the back to the front of the holder, saidbottom and front having slots opening into each other out through whichthe papers containedin the holder are removed, substantially as setforth. ,f'

2. The combination with a back plate having inwardly turned flanges atits side edges whereby guides are formed, and a stop, at the Intestimony whereof I have have signed lower edge, of a removable fronthaving a this specification in the presence of two sub- [0 slopingbottom, outwardly extending flanges scribing witnesses. arranged toslide in the grooves at the side 7 5 edges of the back plate, said fronthaving an JONATHAN LUCAS opening at the lower end out through whichWitnesses; the contents of the holder is withdrawn, sub- R. HEBERSCREVEN, stantially as set forth. J. O. WOODRUFF.

